Critical Reflection Paper: Ideologies and Education

Cultural theorist Stuart Hall had a number of insightful ideas in the field of sociology. One of the concepts he wrote about was that of ideologies. Hall postulated that ideologies were a mental framework, a way of thinking. Our ideologies help us to categorize ideas, language, concepts, images, and thoughts, within our class and in relation to other classes. Hall suggested that ideologies help us explain and make sense of the world in which we are living.